Hair curler



Nov. 8, 1949 E. B. GILLELAND HAIR CURLER Filed April l, 1946 ,lllilillmm Edgar 5. @f7/Mm f fj Patented Nov. 8, 1949 UNITED STATES vvPATENT kOFFICE. 'y

HAIR CURLER Edgar B. Gilleland, Pasadena, Calif.

Application April 1, 1946, Serial No. 658,676 c claims. (o1. 132-33) This invention relates to improvements in hair curlers and refers more particularly to a curling device particularly adapted for use by an individual without heat or chemicals such as are employed in beauty parlor operations.

The device has certain common features with curlers now sold and with which bobby pins are applied to the curls after they have been made up. The instant curler, however, employs a pin or clip of a different construction than the bobby pin and has other advantages including the ease with which the curl can be removed from the mandrel, facility of removing the clip from the curl and the accessibility of the plunger for manipulating the clamping member which holds the end of the strand of hair during the forming of the curl.

Among the objects, therefore, of the invention is to provide an improved type of hair curler equipped with a fiuted mandrel having a hair clamping member depressed within one of the fluted grooves whereby breaking of the hair ends is minimized and the curls after being formed on the mandrel are easily removed without loosening.

Another object is to provide a curler whose clamping member for the hair strands can be actuated in any position by a plunger device.

A further object is to provide an improved type of pin or clip for holding the curl after it has been removed from the mandrel.

Other and further objects will be apparent from the following description.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of the instant specification and are to be read in conjunction therewith, and in which like reference numerals indicate like parts in the var ious views,

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a hair curler with a lock of hair curled on the mandrel and a. clip in position to be applied to the curl,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the device shown in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a view taken along the line 3-3 in Fig. 2 in the direction of the arrows,

Fig. 4 is a view taken along the line 4-4 in Fig. 2 in the direction of the arrows,

Fig. 5 is a view of a curl with the pin or clip applied, and

Fig. 6 is a side view of the improved type of pin or clip shown in Figs. 1 and 5.

Referring to the drawings and particularly to Figs. l and 2, the curler comprises a stationary support or holder I0 which has a tubular portion Ia .and a, bifurcated pin-holding portion I0b.

end of the mandrel is a collar IId which has aknurled surface to facilitate its manual rotation. Extending into the hollow handle portion of the mandrel is a plunger I2. The forward end of the plunger I2 is bifurcated as shown at I20Ly in Fig. 4. Bearing in the bifurcated portions I2a and extending across the space between the parts is a pivot pin I3. This pivot pin may be rotatable or it may have a surrounding sleeve rotatable ony the pin as shown at l3a in Fig. 2.

A hair clamping member in the form of a.v

narrow strip I4 is bent over the pivot pin I3 and looped back as shown at Ida. The end of the bent back portion ts into a recess in the mandrel to form a spring which lies between the bifurcated portions I2a of the plunger. Just forward of the pivot pin I3 upon which` the clamping member rests it has a reverse bend and is threaded through a slot in the Wall of the mandrel at the base of one of the grooves Ilc. The inner walls of the mandrel just ahead of the pivot pin I3 are shaped to conform with the bend in the clamping member as shown at IIe in Fig. 2, and abut the clamping member when the plunger is pushed forward. The spring formed at Ida serves to return the plunger I2 t0 its normal position after it has been actuated and to supplement this spring a coil spring I5 is positioned between plunger collar I2a and mandrel collar IId. When a good grade of spring steel is used in the clamping member coil spring I5 will be unnecessary. To hold the assembly together a beveled ring IB is pressed onto the mandrel at the base of its tapered portion and abuts the tubular section Illa of the holder.

To hold the curl of hair after it has been formed on the mandrel there is provided a pin shown separately in Fig. 6, is mounted on the curler ready to receive the curl. In Fig. 5 the curl has been slipped from the curler onto the pin where it is held and may be adjusted as will hereinafter be explained. The pin consists of a loop portion Ila formed by doubling a wire back upon itself and fastening the free end upon the standing part by welding, brazing or winding as shown best in Figs. l and 6. The free end Ilb is bent back through the loop in the manner best shown in Fig. 6 so the plane of movement of the free end I'lb is substantially normal with the plane of the loc p,

The mandrel is hollow In Fig. 1 the clip 3 4 In applying the pin or clip I 1 to a curl it is first herein set forth or shown in the accompanyattached to the curler in the manner shown in ing drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative Fig. 1 by adjusting the loop Ila in thel slot beand not in a limiting sense. tween the bifurcated ends Illb of the holder and I claim: inserting the free end I'Ib into the hollow end 5 1. In a hair curler the combination with spaced of the mandrel. Since the wire pin is made of reapart members, one a stationary holder, the

silient wire, which tends to hold the form shown other a tapered mandrel upon which the hair is in Fig. 6, the spring in the wire will hold the clip curled, said mandrel rotatable in the stationary in position. Plunger I2 is then pressed forwardly holder, a reciprocable plunger fitting the handle which causes the clamping memberto assume/the l0 end" of' the-mandreh afi-resilient hair? clamping dotted lineposition shown in Fig. 2. A strand of ngenhaving'oneend securedwithin the'plunger hair is then placed between the clamping memberA and the other end normally disposed against the and mandrel and the plunger retracted to permit mandrel, and a connection between said plunger the clamping member to grip the hair strandgxass; ande/said finger to raise said other end of the shown in full line position in Fig. 2. The end of 15p, finger from the tapered mandrel surface responthe strand of hair lies between the clarrilffing'nrernt sivetfJ movement of the plunger axially of the ber and the mandrel with the rhairwbentiintosthe mandrel,... groove. The mandrel is then rotated manually 2. A hair curler as in claim 1 in which the by turning the knurled collar Hd which winds'theresi-*lient* clamping finger is pivoted upon a pin hair I8 in the form of a.curl on the outer surface 20 within the plunger andiis looped and anchored oiathe .mandrel as shown in'iig.A 1. When tlfe curl withinf the` plungerrto :forme/af springgtensiorred hess-:been formed, it is-:easilyzl'slippedz frornithe toizingea thefplunger-:towardsitsffrearward;posi

mandrel tot thexclipg: at which .time the clipsis# tion..."

removedfrom'the curler, Theicurl isfheldon the' 3'.: In afhairfcurlergxa; hollwrmandrelvfomhoidz-lf Clip-inthe'fmannerzshown'n'Fgn. Demessine` 25 ing hair tnereabout;. said'fmandrei naw/megan the:clamping memb'erfbelow the taperedsurfaces4 apeytures in. one A Side;intermediatefitsff endsgla of; the mandreluponzwhich the curlis woundl springlfi'ngerf. extend-ing.:througlizsaidfaapertumee facilitates its removal. frornthe mandrel to the pin and h'avi-ng one.;-endanchoredifiirlthebore :ofthea withoutzloosening thescurl. In conventional 'curlI mandrel. th'e: portieriy of saidxngervoutsid the; ers :ofthis typethemember which holds-thehair` 30 mandrel being. disposedilongitudinallyroftjthee strand against the' mandrel 'is clamped directlymandrel and Lnormallyrrnaintainedizbyvtlfespringg against fthefoutertaperedsurface ofthe mandrel# tension'A against thle fside'sthereofg. a plunger-fz' inv and when fthe,v hair is-.wound abouti theL mandrel-'- thefb'ore: ofi'theemandrel tmovableiaxiallylfthereef and clampingzmember'to form" the curl itis difi over, andnreans: on: theffplungerstofvapplwpresaf cult to remove thei curl onto the pinvwitliout" 35 sureffto'tlievspringfnnger:atza pointtinsidebthe'a slightlyreversing-'the rotationzofftlie mandelfto mandrel-J responsive tof.E axiali movement'x onathe loosen th'efcurl. In the instant'device locating theJ plunger thereby to displace the outer en'dcoffisa'ida clamping member within 'oneof the flutedgrooves 'nger.fromfagainsttlie'mandrehi.

obviates this difficulty. 4. In aahfairfcurle-r, a:hollowacnandrel'rforiholdel After the'curls havefbeerr slidonto-pin's or'clips`Y 401 in'gv hair;` thereabout; said: mandrel? havinggfam the hairmaybe spread to conceal thefpins-and aperturein one:V side.: intermediat eits '-endsgifan clips. Besides having a form which'- prevents'slipe and having;A one@s end@ anchored; in theirbore?.Q oft ping ofthe curls, the v'pins orclips do notfreadilytheimandrelg 'thetportionl ofi saidrxnger outsidei sli-py offof the curlsunless removed manual-1y: 45 the mandrel being disposed longitudinallyn'off'thea it upon the curl. carrying a cross-:pin engagingth'estraddlIed-:lparlti Itwi11 beiseen that the objects- 'havebeen ac= of lie-Shrine; Said ectveeupon -fafxiallmovecomplished sincethere has been-provideda curlerrv ment 0f the plunger' toa-pplyvpvessuref t0 *thea in any'position by reciproca-tion-offtneiplunger 5i- Inah'air cu-rlerf a'iholl'wemandrel;'for holdal located at the rear of the mandrel. The improved" ir'lgv hair thefe'boul said" Pfllld''el'v-v hiaVi-ngwarn typepin or clip holds the curl' intact"after-iti aperture in one side intermediate its@ endsla'l hasbeen formed, and although: it can'fb'e--easilyM spring finger extending-ethrough* said raperture removedfroin thev curl; it is 'lesslikely tofa'll ofl" 60sandihavingfonef'end'ianchoredintthe bore of the offthe curlthan are pins or clips of-'the-convenmandrel;.the/portionoisaid ngerlo-utside-ftliee tional bobby pin type: mandrel? `b'eirrgfclisposeel""longitudinally 'otilthe From the foregoing it will be seen'thatthis in: mandrel and IlOrmally maintained by the SillIIli"FV Vention is one well adapted'to'attainallf-offthe tension"againstftheside thereofaplunger'irr"the ends-andobjects hereinabove'set fortlfrftogether 65-bore of the mandrelmovableaxiallytnereoverf withother 'advantages which are obvious and'Y` saidi plunger4 having" bifurcationsstraddlingff-the 1 which areinherenttozthestructure; portion of the fingerinsideftheemandrel 'aicrosss It will be understood'that'certainieaturesand'i pinrbeween the bifl'lrC/TOHSSa/id'Spg rhfflf'lg subcombinations are of "util-ity'and"may 'be--em-- a reverse bend embracing said pin onfthmeeffsidles,

ployed without reference to other features*and'3 700 anditendingtoomaintain saidiplungerc in apresubcombinations.` This `is contemplated-Ebyffand determined position in the mandrel-' is within the scope of the claimsf f'r'af'hai-Vcurler, aihollow mandrelifonrhold- AsV many possible embodiments may-'be-mad'f ing@'hairr'thereaborsltj said-i' mandrel?l havingrfam of the-'invention without departing from'tlfeseope aperture' inf.l one side. intermediateazitss,emisaaa thereof,- itfis'` to=be understoodthat alll'ilma'tter-f 75S Splfingiilger exeldinlethuehlisadc apertlmef and having one end anchored in the bore of the mandrel, the portion of said finger outside the mandrel being disposed longitudinally of the mandrel and normally maintained by the spring tension against the side thereof, a plunger in the bore of the mandrel movable axially thereover, said plunger having bifurcations straddling the portion of the nger inside of the mandrel, a cross pin between the bifurcations, said spring bent to form a sloped camming surface adjacent said pin whereby axial movement of the plunger causes said pin to bear against said surface and displace the outer end of the spring finger from against the mandrel.

EDGAR B. GILLELAND.

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